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| A typical house in the village |
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| "Main Street" |
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| Lena River |
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| a very young me! : ) |
In the spirit of things, here's a link to
my old blog about life in Yakutsk (Siberia) and traveling the Trans-Siberian with a colorful cast of characters.
The first entry is September 9th, 2006:
"I got a pretty good vibe of what this would be like when we picked up a 16 year old sobbing crackhead at the ferry terminal"
The final entry is January 10th, 2007:
"I've just posted all the sordid (or not) secrets of the Trans-Siberian trip"
Haha, looking back, I always wondered why everyone in Russia was obsessed with going to clubs and "dance pole".... I was always looking around for a stripper pole- why else would they keep mentioning a pole? It wasn't until later I found out that "поль" (pole) = floor, so people were actually saying "dance floor".
A couple of pictures from the old days....
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| Watching the traffic on this road was an endless source of amusement! |
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| Early September |
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| View from my window in September |
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| One month later....view from my window in October |
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| The old part of town. Very pretty and a very expensive shopping district. It's probably, uh, about 2 PM in the afternoon in this photo. Note the 2 women in fur coats in the distance! |
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| 2 weeks of hard work! See my comment re: winter activities- drive around, drink or visit a museum. Also, Odin, Odin, Odin :p |
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| Yeah! The Permafrost Institute! That brings our total of winter activities up to 4! |
